February 17-21, 2025 marked the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) first plenary of the year and the second under Elisa de Anda Madrazo’s presidency. Key developments from the plenary include: Changes to the grey list. Strategic initiatives to improve global […]
The emphasis every anti-money laundering (AML) vendor seems to place on artificial intelligence (AI) has increased the risk of “AI-washing,” where companies exaggerate or misrepresent their technical capabilities – something that is attracting growing scrutiny from regulators. A central concern […]
Despite being the second-smallest country in Europe, Monaco is considered a major international banking center. It is not a member of the European Union but uses the euro through a monetary union with France that was established in April 1945. […]
In Luxembourg, three main national regulatory authorities are responsible for supervising financial products and services: the Luxembourg Ministère des Finances, the Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL), and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This article focuses on the […]
Following a review of its AML/CFT framework, the European Union is preparing to introduce a suite of new regulations that will have significant implications for firms operating in, or doing business with, EU countries.
Each year brings a host of consequential new anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, and 2024 is no exception. Various regulators plan a raft of reforms with significant consequences. We’ve selected five key changes for this article – due to the global […]
The fifth Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary under the two-year Singapore Presidency of T. Raja Kumar took place at the FATF headquarters in Paris on February 21-23, 2024. We’ve summarized the key developments: Changes to the grey list. Increasing […]
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is pivotal in safeguarding US national security and foreign policy objectives by enforcing economic and trade sanctions against targeted individuals, entities, and jurisdictions. One of the key tools in OFAC’s arsenal is the […]
From managing PEPs to regulating AI, the State of Financial Crime 2024 is packed with insights from our annual survey of 600 senior financial crime decision makers.
Following October’s plenary, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued new guidance relating to cyber-enabled fraud (CEF). In the report, the global watchdog analyzed how the cyber fraud landscape has evolved, its links to other crimes, and how criminal syndicates […]
The Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines’ central bank, has released a memorandum reminding financial institutions it regulates (BSFIs) of their customer due diligence (CDD) obligations concerning politically exposed persons (PEPs). The memo clarifies the definition of a PEP […]
Specializing in international cash management solutions, financial services company Ebury partnered with ComplyAdvantage to build a fit-for-purpose transaction monitoring (TM) rule set that could keep pace with the company’s rapid growth. Ebury is fully regulated in 21 countries and offers […]
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